Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3891 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R10077 BDP-D
2	2	By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 3891
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the inclusion of compensation received by teachers
8	8	under the teacher allotment incentive in salary and wages under the
9	9	Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 822.201(b), Government Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(b) "Salary and wages" as used in Subsection (a) means:
14	14	(1) normal periodic payments of money for service the
15	15	right to which accrues on a regular basis in proportion to the
16	16	service performed;
17	17	(2) amounts by which the member's salary is reduced
18	18	under a salary reduction agreement authorized by Chapter 610;
19	19	(3) amounts that would otherwise qualify as salary and
20	20	wages under Subdivision (1) but are not received directly by the
21	21	member pursuant to a good faith, voluntary written salary reduction
22	22	agreement in order to finance payments to a deferred compensation
23	23	or tax sheltered annuity program specifically authorized by state
24	24	law or to finance benefit options under a cafeteria plan qualifying
25	25	under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if:
26	26	(A) the program or benefit options are made
27	27	available to all employees of the employer; and
28	28	(B) the benefit options in the cafeteria plan are
29	29	limited to one or more options that provide deferred compensation,
30	30	group health and disability insurance, group term life insurance,
31	31	dependent care assistance programs, or group legal services plans;
32	32	(4) performance pay awarded to an employee by a school
33	33	district as part of a total compensation plan approved by the board
34	34	of trustees of the district and meeting the requirements of
35	35	Subsection (e);
36	36	(5) the benefit replacement pay a person earns under
37	37	Subchapter H, Chapter 659, except as provided by Subsection (c);
38	38	(6) stipends paid to teachers in accordance with
39	39	former Section 21.410, 21.411, 21.412, or 21.413, Education Code;
40	40	(7) amounts by which the member's salary is reduced or
41	41	that are deducted from the member's salary as authorized by
42	42	Subchapter J, Chapter 659;
43	43	(8) a merit salary increase made under Section 51.962,
44	44	Education Code;
45	45	(9) amounts received under the relevant parts of the
46	46	educator excellence awards program under Subchapter O, Chapter 21,
47	47	Education Code, or a mentoring program under Section 21.458,
48	48	Education Code, that authorize compensation for service;
49	49	(10) salary amounts designated as health care
50	50	supplementation by an employee under Subchapter D, Chapter 22,
51	51	Education Code; [and]
52	52	(11) to the extent required by Sections 3401(h) and
53	53	414(u)(12), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, differential wage
54	54	payments received by an individual from an employer on or after
55	55	January 1, 2009, while the individual is performing qualified
56	56	military service as defined by Section 414(u), Internal Revenue
57	57	Code of 1986; and
58	58	(12) increased compensation paid to a teacher by a
59	59	school district using funds received by the district under the
60	60	teacher incentive allotment under Section 48.112, Education Code.
61	61	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.